tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post2024010214083668418..comments2017-12-05T22:47:37.586-05:00Comments on Lucie's Legacy: Family Tree Maker 2012 - My EvaluationLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-54911789956355649882012-03-05T15:07:02.036-05:002012-03-05T15:07:02.036-05:00Thank you for our post Jamie - when I made that po...Thank you for our post Jamie - when I made that post the sync feature was just being talked about. You are reading a post from September 2011.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-70284222687465874072012-03-05T15:00:39.084-05:002012-03-05T15:00:39.084-05:00As an ancestry.ca member for years and a user of F...As an ancestry.ca member for years and a user of Family Tree Maker I&#39;d like to clarify the following:<br />- You don&#39;t have to share your &quot;sync&#39;ed&quot; tree with anyone you don&#39;t wish to. You don&#39;t have to make it public and you can choose not to have it included in searches by other members of ancestry.<br />-you can control who can see and edit your tree allowing you to contribute with you on your tree.<br />-sync is a great feature when using a laptop (for road trips) and a desktop as they all have the same information.<br />-you control what information is in your tree. Garbage in, garbage out. It is only entered if you allow it.<br />-You can delete your tree at any time. This will fully delete your information including all media items from the ancestry site. I have often uploaded part of a tree to allow someone to access just their family. Once they were done I delete it.<br /><br />Like all programs it isn&#39;t perfect but it is trying to answer what the users has said they want.Jamienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-44222480510894126302011-10-27T07:41:06.302-04:002011-10-27T07:41:06.302-04:00Thanks for you post Russ.
To be honest, I will ne...Thanks for you post Russ.<br /><br />To be honest, I will never use Sync because I will never post my tree on ancestry.com because when I leave ancestry.com - and I surely will at some point - my tree would remain on their web site. I think that the sync feature is a way to get more and more people to post their trees on ancestry.. that&#39;s my take on it ;)<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-26124737876079975292011-10-26T21:06:23.955-04:002011-10-26T21:06:23.955-04:00Tom,
Let me say this about FTM2012 and it&#39;s T...Tom,<br /><br />Let me say this about FTM2012 and it&#39;s TreeSync™ feature. I was at a local Family History Interest Group meeting last night. I have been taking my iPad2 with me to take notes and other things. <br /><br />Someone asked me about FTM2012, and all I had to do was to change Apps on my iPad2 and the person was looking at my Ancestry Member Tree, that was in sync with the file on my PC at home.<br /><br />RussRuss Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-66599366657902727802011-10-26T14:52:24.559-04:002011-10-26T14:52:24.559-04:00LOL Tom..I agree regarding ancestry. I really hav...LOL Tom..I agree regarding ancestry. I really have to update some of what I said re FTM 2012 ;)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and for your post.<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-39067194825345503282011-10-26T14:46:25.805-04:002011-10-26T14:46:25.805-04:00&quot;Having said that, as far as I am concerned v...&quot;Having said that, as far as I am concerned version 16 was the best!&quot;<br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />I agree 100% <br /><br />I started with version 8 many years ago, updated to v16 and it was heaven. Then went to 2010 and it was like - I actually paid money for this? Never used it and I still use v16. <br /><br />The only thing that intrigues me about 2012 is its (supposed) ability to allow other people on-line access to your tree without having an account at Ancestry. I&#39;ll probably upgrade if that&#39;s true.<br /><br />BTW, I think Ancestry.com is worth many times more than what we actually pay. But don&#39;t tell them I said so :)<br /><br />TomTom Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-25132663090047303112011-09-12T06:06:32.397-04:002011-09-12T06:06:32.397-04:00Thank you for your post Robin. I have purchased 2...Thank you for your post Robin. I have purchased 2012 and am eager to give it a try.<br /><br />I agree about the ancestry hint leaves... anyone who takes anything on the trees people have contributed would have to be ready to prove whatever information they want to take. I agree that there are many conscientious researchers who own some of the trees but we&#39;ve no way of knowing who is and who isn&#39;t.<br /><br />My personal preference is to always use original records for research. To date the people I&#39;ve contacted on ancestry who purported to be related to me were not - their connections to my lineages has thus far been erroneous.<br /><br />As far as transcriptions go: I have been finding quite a few errors. Any transcriptions done by humans are bound to reflect a 25% margin of error when being transcribed - I always believed that and it was confirmed at a conference I attended on Saturday<br /><br />Again, thanks for the information you have posted. I really appreciate it.<br /><br />Lucie<br /><br />I have been doing more research on FTM2012 and plan to write an update to my evaluation.Lucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-12568664854578189802011-09-11T21:40:57.007-04:002011-09-11T21:40:57.007-04:00Because a user has the control to make his tree ei...Because a user has the control to make his tree either public or private he can control completely who sees it or not. As to the ability to edit the tree that is one hundred percent in the control of the owner of the tree. Nothing can be altered on the tree without the owner granting permission to someone to make them an Editor. I have used the beta and the most amazing ability of the tree sync feature is the ability to correct address and place name errata in a large tree that has been developed over a long time. Because on the desk top FTM has a place name editor that is global and tied to mapping software updating place names in a 40,000 person tree becomes doable while still allowing complete collaboration from a number of individuals without having to exchange mutliple ged files everytime and re linking shared resources such as census extracts, images, and documents.<br /><br /> I agree that the other trees one finds on Ancestry are not to be trusted at face value and that any one who uses the Family tree - Ancestry Hint link is committing Genealogical suicide but there are also an awful lot of committed conscientious users out there who can offer invaluable incites and direction, sources and leads that working alone and in isolation one would never find.<br /><br />One last observation is that the electronic sources available on ancestry itself and the robustness of the online application beat hands down my ability to transcribe data on my desktop to FTM or PAF from hard copy every time.<br /><br />Be well<br /><br />RobinRobin Heidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-19822368788193593432011-09-10T00:07:04.426-04:002011-09-10T00:07:04.426-04:00I remember when there was an index of individuals ...I remember when there was an index of individuals and even though I had tens of thousands of names and a dot matrix printer, it didn&#39;t take forever to print. Lucie, I did find a way in 2011 to do a descendant tree from a particular ancestor to a paticular descendant. Hidden but there. In the meantime, so many features went by the wayside and being re-introduced but sometimes not as well. I too like it to link to the actual records and rarely use the family trees other people have entered, except as possible clues. I check where they found the information and many cite World Family Tree as their source! Really?Xeniahttp://www.stanfordsolutionsinc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-68721847011470574472011-09-09T07:53:04.341-04:002011-09-09T07:53:04.341-04:00Thanks for you post Russ.. time will tell - the ju...Thanks for you post Russ.. time will tell - the jury is still out in this court lol<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-64044207557134856902011-09-09T06:16:50.552-04:002011-09-09T06:16:50.552-04:00Hi Apple,
Thanks for your post! This morning I ha...Hi Apple,<br /><br />Thanks for your post! This morning I have an email from ancestry regarding FTM 2012. It is as you say.<br /><br />At this time I don&#39;t save trees on ancestry.com so it doesn&#39;t effect me. Who knows though, I might give it a go with a private setting somewhere down the road.<br /><br />Again, thanks for the clarification. I appreciate that you took the time to post your message.<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-7791939391971224602011-09-08T19:27:16.845-04:002011-09-08T19:27:16.845-04:00As I understand it the tree synch is so I can upda...As I understand it the tree synch is so I can update <i>my</i> tree, either online at Ancestry.com or on FTM2012 and then &quot;synch&quot; them so I don&#39;t have to enter the information twice. It will not just automatically pull stuff from some random tree and combine it with mine. If you don&#39;t have a tree at Ancestry it is simply a feature you won&#39;t use but for those of us that do choose to share our trees there it&#39;s a great feature that I&#39;m really looking forward to.Applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193646109965731249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-41449673357276581792011-09-08T16:41:34.284-04:002011-09-08T16:41:34.284-04:00Thanks for you comment Heather. I like knowing th...Thanks for you comment Heather. I like knowing that I&#39;m not the only one who thinks this way ;)<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-56065512131000210142011-09-08T16:33:40.084-04:002011-09-08T16:33:40.084-04:00I hope there is a way to opt out of Tree Sync, sin...I hope there is a way to opt out of Tree Sync, since I don&#39;t use it either. I have a tree on there only for my private use to use on my iPhone Ancestry app. Period. I&#39;m not interested in any other use, for all your reasons and many more.Heather Rojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-15921372384176382792011-09-08T12:33:03.317-04:002011-09-08T12:33:03.317-04:00Lucie,
By the way, I totally agree with you about...Lucie,<br /><br />By the way, I totally agree with you about problems with trees that have been made public over the years. I do NOT use them. (period)<br /><br />This feature is a little different and YOU or the Owner of the tree has lots of options, and I won&#39;t go into them.<br /><br />But, consider this, and it took me a long time to understand this.<br /><br />I have a friend who is working with his grandmother in their family research. They do not live in the same state and at times in the same county.<br /><br />My daughter and I worked on her tree, as she has a Mac, and the Mac version had not come out yet.<br /><br />Two examples of a reason for the Ancestry Member Tree (AMT). Both examples show how two or more people can contribute to the development of that Tree.<br /><br />The issue about the &quot;earlier&quot; trees is that there wasn&#39;t any control. Folks just published, in many case, undocumented GEDCOM files.<br /><br />What FTM2012 provides for &quot;us&quot; the users, is the ability to work in both worlds. That is, the grandmother who works online, or my daughter who works online, to be able to have the other person work on the same tree using FTM2012.<br /><br />Making the Tree Private, being able to turn OFF the index being able to find that tree, and giving people control over what they can and can not do, reduces those &quot;junk-ea-logy&quot; that we have seen in the past.<br /><br />WE, users of Family Tree Maker do NOT have to update to fTM2012 if we have not intention of using the AMT. However, there are other features, from what I have read, the Blended Family feature.<br /><br />I am not disagreeing with anything that you have said or the other comments, only trying to bring up the &quot;other side&quot; of the issue.<br /><br />WE will have to see how FTM2012 works out. There WILL BE a large population of users who will love this feature, there will also be others who will not.<br /><br />But then there are others who HATE FTM2008 - FTM2011. Can&#39;t change that.<br /><br />I have been using Family Tree Maker since Version 3.4 and in my humble opinion, FTM2011 is the best version so far.<br /><br />From what I have seen about FTM2012, and I am a fan of AMT, up until now, I will have to re-consider it&#39;s use. I have met a number of cousin&#39;s that I have connected with, that FTM2012 might be the way to do some collaboration in the future.<br /><br />Thanks for listening.<br /><br />RussRusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-27433337281644031972011-09-08T12:06:47.466-04:002011-09-08T12:06:47.466-04:00Thanks for your message John.
I think the diffi...Thanks for your message John. <br /><br />I think the difficult thing people do not realize is that there are so many errors online when it comes to our Acadian ancestors.<br /><br />I believe that when you have a lot of early on English settlers in your ineages that probably works quite well. Of course, I can&#39;t attest to that since all of my ancestors arrives from Canada in the late 1880s ;)<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-81513800254545959262011-09-08T12:00:42.877-04:002011-09-08T12:00:42.877-04:00Lucie, Personally I feel the same way about Treesy...Lucie, Personally I feel the same way about Treesync as you do. I would like the option as in past versions to send several family ahnentafels or family group reports to family and friends. I also would like that color option as well. Hope it is better than the last,even though it was OK,it still left more to be desired.jonrus56https://www.blogger.com/profile/14664210835655422650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-10360716361970235942011-09-08T10:53:10.523-04:002011-09-08T10:53:10.523-04:00Thanks for you comment Russ but I assure you that ...Thanks for you comment Russ but I assure you that is a feature that will be bad news for some people. Unfortunately, all the people who should weigh in do not..that&#39;s a given.<br /><br />Best to you,<br /><br />LucieLucie LeBlanc Consentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13480035657625949265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011504164207885278.post-69645241753535819102011-09-08T10:51:05.000-04:002011-09-08T10:51:05.000-04:00Lucie,
Can&#39;t comment on FTM2012, sorry.
BUT ...Lucie,<br /><br />Can&#39;t comment on FTM2012, sorry.<br /><br />BUT of ALL of the features since Version 16 that has been asked for, no DEMANDED, on the various message boards is the TreeSync feature. Even from those who are still using Version 16.<br /><br />I&#39;ll let my Blog do the &quot;rest of the story&quot; Please stop by:<br /><br />http://ftmuser.blogspot.com<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />RussRusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326890362591254874noreply@blogger.com